3.0.0 1705 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z Senate S 2021-05-19 117 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-19T18:13:02Z 2021-05-19 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2021-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2021-05-19 True Armed Forces and National Security Advanced technology and technological innovations Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Energy Digital media Director of National Intelligence Employee hiring Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Military operations and strategy Right of privacy Student aid and college costs Technology assessment Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2022-09-29T11:32:41Z Artificial Intelligence Capabilities and Transparency Act of 2021 or the AICT Act of 2021

This bill addresses artificial intelligence capabilities related to national defense and security.

The bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to designate a chief digital recruiting officer within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to oversee a digital recruiting office. The office must be responsible for (1) identifying DOD needs for specific types of digital talent, (2) recruiting technologists, (3) integrating federal scholarship for service programs into DOD civilian recruiting, and (4) partnering with human resource teams in the military services and DOD components to use direct-hire authorities to accelerate hiring. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Energy must also designate chief digital recruiting officers to be responsible for the same objectives in those departments.

DOD must carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing the Artificial Intelligence Development and Prototyping Fund.

DOD must plan for the development of a modern digital ecosystem to enable development, testing, fielding, and continuous update of artificial intelligence-powered applications at speed and scale from headquarters to the tactical edge.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology within the Department of Commerce must establish a program to provide accreditation to organizations that are determined to be competent at evaluating the specified effects of artificial intelligence systems used by persons in DOD, an element of the intelligence community, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

]]> AICT Act of 2021 Display Title AICT Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a coordinated Federal initiative to accelerate the research, development, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of artificial intelligence for the economic and national security interests of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced AICT Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Artificial Intelligence Capabilities and Transparency Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1705is/xml/BILLS-117s1705is.xml 2021-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.